alias

See also aliás

English

Etymology

From Latin alias (“at another time; in post-Augustan period, at another time or place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”), feminine accusative plural of alius (“other”). See else and alien.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈeɪ.li.əs/
• Rhymes: -eɪliəs

Adverb

alias (not comparable)

1. Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called.
2. (law) Used to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.

Synonyms

• AKA

Coordinate terms

• FKA, PKA

Noun

alias (plural aliases)

1. Another name; an assumed name.
2. (law) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
3. (online gaming) An abbreviation that replaces a string of in-game commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
4. (signal processing) An spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.

Synonyms

• (another name): pseudonym

Related terms

• nom de plume

Translations

another name; an assumed name

Bulgarian: псевдоним (bg), прозвище (bg) Finnish: alias (fi) German: Pseudonym (de) n., Deckname (de) m. Japanese: 偽名 (ぎめい, gimei), 異名 (いみょう, imyō)

Oriya: ଓରଫ୍ (or) Simplified Chinese: 别名, 化名 Spanish: alias (es) m., seudónimo (es) m. Swedish: alias (sv), pseudonym (sv) c., öknamn (sv) n., tillnamn (sv) n.

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French: pseudonyme m. Italian: pseudonimo m. Portuguese: pseudônimo m. Romanian: pseudonim n.

See also

• Origin of signal processing usage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Aliasing#Historical usage

Verb

alias (third-person singular simple present aliases, present participle aliasing, simple past and past participle aliased)

1. (computing) To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
2. (signal processing, of two signals) to become indistinguishable
   • 1989, Ken C. Pohlmann, The compact disc: a handbook of theory and use, page 22:

     When the signal frequency reaches half the sampling frequency, there are only two samples per cycle, which is the absolute minimum needed to record a waveform. A higher frequency would cause the digitization system to alias.

   • 1999, Carlo Bartolozzi; Riccardo Lencioni, Liver malignancies: diagnostic and interventional radiology, page 59:

     Finally, as it is a frequency detection technique, color Doppler US has the potential to alias

   • 2005, James Bao-yen Tsui, Fundamentals of global positioning system receivers, page 106:

     This technique can be used to alias the L1 and L2 bands of the GPS into the baseband

External links

• alias in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• alias in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

Etymology

From Latin alias (“at another time; in post-Augustan period, at another time or place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”), feminine accusative plural of alius (“other”).

Adverb

alias

1. alias

Noun

alias m. (plural alias)

1. alias

Anagrams

• salai

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Latin

Adjective

aliās

1. accusative feminine plural of alius

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Spanish

Adverb

alias

1. alias

Synonyms

• por otro nombre

Noun

alias m. (plural alias)

1. alias

Synonyms

• sobrenombre
• apodo
• mote